AFRL Unmasks Biodynamic Potential of New Pilot Protective Device

A manikin fitted with a Joint Service Aircrew Mask and Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System facilitates AFRL's recent biodynamic evaluation of the protective equipment in terms of pilot neck loads. (Air Force image)

Team Honor 'STEMs' From Flash-Bang Research

Several members of the Improved Flash-Bang Grenade team accept the Air Force 2009 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics award for Outstanding Scientist Team during the STEM awards ceremony. (AF photo by Mike Kaplan)

Leading expert on cognitive science to lead Human Effectiveness seminar on multiple complex cognitive capacities

David Danks

Human Performance Wing Developing Software to Help Reduce Deaths in War Zones

Captain Kevin Kupferer of the Human Effectiveness Directorate, Biosciences and Performance Division views a Risk Assessment for Frontline Troops software simulated “best routes” display. The software, developed by Infoscitex Corporation, will help mission planners and commanders to plan missions with the lowest possible risk based on information collected from a number of sources. (Photo by Chris Gulliford, 711 HPW)

PECASE-Award-Winning Research Likely to Improve Light Emissions Technologies

The lab-sponsored work of Dr. Rashid Zia is focused on improving higher-order emission processes in lanthanide ions, light emitters that currently lead the pack in commercial and military applications alike. (AFRL image)

No Trouble 'ADAPTing' to Better SUAV Production Option

Air Force Research Laboratory's Automated Disposable Airframe Production Technology program proved the utility of fused deposition modeling as a feasible means to manufacture primary structures for unmanned platforms. Shown is an optimized wing developed with an industrially patented polymer. (AFRL image)